The Steam Machine now has official Windows drivers
Valve has done the driver work
Intel's troubled 18A chip process is finally running smoothly
The node now produces about 30,000 wafers per month across two fabs in Arizona and Oregon
Australia's teen social media ban stumbles as platforms skip age checks
Who knew kids would lie about their age?
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 80% off the regular price.
The FBI and Google just took down a botnet that hijacked 2 million smart TVs
NetNut turned Android TVs, streaming boxes, and apps into proxies for cybercrime
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug can steal over 500GB of storage – here's how to check and fix it
The bug causes a hidden Windows system file to keep growing, making some SSDs look mysteriously full
A free app lets Sony headphones do head tracking for racing and flight sims
No webcam, IR tracker, or additional firmware or drivers required
The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototype
The subscription-free inkjet is "coming soon," though price and release date are still missing
Fake tech support, bogus crypto, and a gold pickup: how scammers stole $673,000 in three days
Four scams in one Washington county reveal the same fear-and-urgency playbook
Nvidia RTX 5080 Super with 415W TDP appears in Seasonic PSU calculator
Is the RTX 5000 Super series really dead?
AMD X870 Motherboard Roundup: 53 Motherboards Tested
After six months of testing, we compare 53 AMD X870 and X870E motherboards across VRM thermals, USB performance, PCIe lane sharing, features, and value.
Microsoft is cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs and spinning off four game studios
Cutting corners: The first wave of massive layoffs that Microsoft teased several weeks ago has arrived. Most of the losses will hit the Xbox division over the next year as the company consolidates its gaming strategy. Microsoft will spin off Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs, while Arkane enters labor negotiations. Bethesda, ZeniMax, id Software, Activision, Obsidian, and Microsoft's accessibility team will all see deep cuts.
Steam Machine owner reports a "Red Line of Death" days after launch, but it fixed itself
The GPU in Valve's new gaming device is starting to fail, or maybe not?
Microsoft has a hidden Windows 11 edition that supports 6TB of RAM and 256 CPU cores
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations costs $309 and most people have never heard of it
TL;DR: Microsoft released a little-known Windows edition called Windows 11 Pro for Workstations in 2021. It's a client operating system built for high-end PCs and workstations, offering support for more memory and CPU sockets than Windows 11 Pro, along with ReFS storage features, SMB Direct networking, and persistent-memory workloads.
Nvidia Profile Inspector 3.0 modernizes the popular driver profile editor
Nvidia Profile Inspector lets you view and edit hidden driver profiles and settings. Version 3.0 delivers its biggest update in years with a redesigned interface, faster profile browsing, and support for newer features including DLSS overrides and RTX Dynamic Vibrance.
The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Pro suite is now $55 in this limited-time deal
Unlock your productivity with the latest versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook
Why Gen Z is falling in love with film photography – and rejecting the algorithm along with it
Film photography is experiencing a resurrection, summoned by unlikely conjurers: Gen Z
Philips' new "triple-mode" monitors go all the way down to 720p for maximum speed
From QHD-level pixel count to extreme refresh rates, Philips' new monitors have it all
Samsung will earn more profit in 2026 than it did over the previous 40 years combined thanks to the AI boom
Samsung is maximizing profit in the AI era
SpaceX intentionally burned up 260 Starlink satellites in the last six months, with hundreds more set to follow
As Starlink grows toward 42,000 satellites, its constant deorbiting is raising unanswered questions
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NUCLEAR POWER
The US has 3 microreactors running – and data centers are watching closely
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RESHAPING THE GRID
US homeowners install record amount of battery storage
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GAMING CULTURE
Video Game History Foundation founder: piracy remains the only viable game preservation method
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AI DEMAND
RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026, and then some more
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PRIVACY WOES
License plate cameras are scanning 20 billion vehicles a month
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END OF AN ERA
Sony will stop making physical PlayStation games come 2028
One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker
Using a VPN couldn't save him
The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out. While there are privacy concerns with the feature, in this particular case, it led to federal agents dropping a hacker into a Chicago courtroom.
The Supreme Court just ruled that police need a warrant to use phone location data
A 6-3 ruling says geofence warrants require constitutional protections
Nvidia's RTX 3060 returns to store shelves at its original 2021 price
Facepalm: A "new" Nvidia graphics card has hit US and European retail stores. But it's not the RTX 5000 Super series, unfortunately: it's the five-year-old RTX 3060, and it carries the same price it did in 2021. The Ampere-era GPU has been slowly making its return since the start of 2026, a response to the memory crisis that has turned the industry into a nightmarish hellscape.
Researchers built a tiny diving suit for cyborg cockroaches to survive underwater
The goal is to help search-and-rescue teams reach flooded rubble, drains, and narrow gaps robots can't access
Sony clarifies that it will still make PlayStation discs after 2028, just not for new games
Publishers will be able to reorder existing disc releases, but post-2028 games are still going digital-only
Tesla launches a longer six-seat Model Y to replace the Model X for many buyers
The Model Y Long Wheelbase adds a third row, captain chairs, and 325 miles of range
Intel Nova Lake-S midrange CPUs could be bringing AMD's X3D cache trick to more affordable chips
Leaked Core Ultra 5 400S specs reveal 22-core Nova Lake-S chips with up to 144MB of cache
Bending Spoons bought Vimeo, Evernote, and AOL instead of chasing AI, it just had a $25.7 billion IPO
Can old Internet brands still make billions?
Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it's already been bypassed using a photo
The feature, called "hand gesture verification," requires webcam access just to prove you're not a bot
Microsoft's new EU disclosure shows exactly how tech giants separate profits from where the work happens
Microsoft booked 40% of its profits in Ireland, where only 3% of its employees work
Lenovo laptops are now shipping with YMTC SSDs, a sign of Chinese NAND entering the mainstream
Chinese-made SSDs are starting to appear in ordinary laptops
The US now has three microreactors running – and data centers are watching closely
DOE-backed microreactors from Deployable, Antares, and Valar Atomics have now all reached criticality
SpaceX is reportedly showing investors a phone prototype, months after Musk said "we are not developing a phone"
AI device resembles a slim smartphone powered by a Snapdragon processor
Meta's Pocket app lets you vibe-code games with zero coding knowledge
A TikTok-style app for AI-generated mini games
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